"Sal"
22" x 19"
oil painting
"Zaineb"
22" x 19.5"
drawing
"Adam"
36" x 38"
oil painting
"Study for a Goddess"
22" x 18"
drawing
"Horus"
15" x 18.5"
oil painting
"Beaver Skull"
19" x 22"
oil painting
"Space Time 1"
38" x 21"
drawing
Renee Foulks
"Space Time II"
38" x 21"
drawing
"Landscape Study for the Keep"
12" x 18"
drawing
By organizing figure and still life elements suggesting symbolic interpretations, my work deals primarily with ideas regarding man's mythologies and his relationship to the earth. My current images reflect a commitment to a fuller understanding of indirect painting systems. I am interested in a variety of old master painting techniques and continually experiment with color and methods of application. In my most recent work, layers of oil color are superimposed over a carefully modeled underpainting. These divisions of labor enable me to concentrate on a variety of issues while achieving more control over form and detail. Ask Art Site
Education 1982 MFA, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 1980 BFA, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA Solo Exhibits 2004 Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 2003 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum, Philadelphia, PA 1998 Keystone College, LaPlume, PA 1997 Gallery Henoch, New York, NY 1994 Arronson Gallery, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA 1992 Widener University Art Museum, Chester, PA 1991 Goforth Rittenhouse Galleries, Ltd., Philadelphia, PA 1983 University of Scranton, Scranton, PA 1982 Keystone College, LaPlume, PA Selected Group Exhibits 1997 Tatistcheff and Company, New York, NY, "Drawing From Life" 1996 Gallery Henoch, New York, NY, "The Realist Figure: Contemporary perspectives" 1995 Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA, "80th Anniversary Exhibition" and "The Nude: Beyond the Studio" 1995 Lebanon Valley College, Annville, PA, "The Spiritual Dimension" 1993 Woodmere Art Museum, Chestnut Hill, PA, "Figural Philadelphia" 1993 The Century Association, New York, NY, "Works by Younger Artists from the Collection of Richard Brown Baker" 1992 F.A.N. Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, "Dream: Paintings and Works on Paper" 1990 Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, "Contemporary Philadelphia Artists: A Juried Exhibition" 1990 Goforth Rittenhouse Galleries, Ltd., Philadelphia, PA 1989 Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE, "Biennial '89" 1989 John Szoke Gallery, New York, NY, "As They See Themselves" and "Man, Woman, Child" 1987 Grand Central Art Galleries, Inc., New York, NY 1987 St. Louis Artists' Guild 1987 John Pence Gallery 1985 Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE, 68th Annual Juried Exhibition 1985 Grand Central Art Galleries, Inc., New York, NY 1985 Noel Butcher Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, "Home Life," Two-person Exhibition 1984 The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA, "Pennsylvania Artist Educator "84" 1982 Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, "Feast Your Eyes" 1982 Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA, "4 Women Artists" 1981 Stockton State College, Pomona, NJ 1980 Marian Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, "Looking Forward, New Talent" Selected Awards and Publications 2001 Mellon Foundation, University of the Arts Venture Fund Painting Grant 1999 Figure Sketching School. Readers Digest Books 1997 American Artist Magazine, "Paintings That Tell a Story" 1996 Mellon Foundation, University of the Arts Venture Fund Painting Grant 1994 Mellon Foundation, University of the Arts Venture Fund Painting Grant 1992 Mellon Foundation, University of the Arts Venture Fund Painting Grant 1988 Mellon Foundation, University of the Arts Venture Fund Painting Grant 1987 "American Artist Golden Anniversary National Art Exhibition" 1 st Place Oil Prize 1985 New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Painting Grant Selected Public Collections Keystone College, LaPlume, Pennsylvania Lebanon Valley College, Annville, Pennsylvania Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, Delaware LaSalle University Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania University of Scranton, Scranton, Pennsylvania Temple University Law School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Selected Teaching Experience 1991 Ð Present Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1986 Ð Present University of die Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1982 - 1985 Keystone College, LaPlume, Pennsylvania